Thursday, July 18, 2013

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1545Z July 18, 2013

Southwestern United States:

The Mountain fire in Riverside Co, CA, has resulted in a sizable area
of light smoke stretching from extreme southern Nevada across southern
CA and extreme southwestern AZ and into northern Baja Mexico.

Western United States and Northern Plains:

Residual light smoke from wildfires in northern NV, ID and western MT
stretched from the source region northeastward into eastern MT, northern
SD and southern Canada.

Eastern Canada:

Light to moderate residual smoke from wildfires in southeastern Quebec
was located over the Atlantic Ocean southeast of Nova Scotia.

Remainder of Canada:

Large area of light smoke stretched from British Columbia to Quebec
and northward across the central Northwest Territories. An area of
moderate smoke covered Alberta. The sources for this smoke are numerous
and include, most notably, wildfires in the Yukon Territory, Manitoba
and Ontario.

THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT
AREAS SMOKE ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE FIRES AND SMOKE WHICH HAS BECOME
DETACHED FROM THE FIRES AND DRIFTED SOME DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE SOURCE
FIRE..TYPICALLY OVER THE COURSE OF ONE OR MORE DAYS. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST
ARE ALSO DESCRIBED. USERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO VIEW A GRAPHIC DEPICTION OF
THESE AND OTHER PLUMES WHICH ARE LESS EXTENSIVE AND STILL ATTACHED TO
THE SOURCE FIRE IN VARIOUS GRAPHIC FORMATS ON OUR WEB SITE:

JPEG:   http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/ml/land/hms.html
GIS:    http://www.firedetect.noaa.gov/viewer.htm
KML:    http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/FIRE/kml.html
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO
SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.